On Wednesday morning, the 2021 Rutgers football season was in the back of everyone’s minds. Signing Day for the 2022 recruiting class was a week ago, finals were over and Christmas was approaching.
By midday, soon after it was announced that Texas A&M was out of the Gator Bowl due to Covid-19 positive cases, a chain reaction was set off. Of all 5-7 teams available, it was reported that the Scarlet Knights held the top APR score of any newly eligible teams and therefore were first in line to receive a bowl bid. A report from Brett McMurphy stating that as well that Rutgers had declined an opportunity to replace the Aggies was then quickly refuted by a report from Pete Thamel.